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Data General Corp

DGN. · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to October 12, 1999 (26.8 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Data General Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 5, 1985, the market valued it at $1.8 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $22.25, -70.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1972-121999-10
Peak market value$1.8 billionFebruary 5, 1985
Highest split-adjusted share price$74.50February 7, 1985
Last share price$22.25October 12, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-70.1%
Return over the days in our data+20.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.2%January 23, 1992

Share prices are adjusted for splits and other share changes, so the high and the last price compare like for like; the peak market value is as it was on the day. The return covers the trading days in our data only: it does not include what holders received, or lost, after the last trade (a merger payout, a bankruptcy), and it does not reach back before 1972.

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Also gone in 1999: Machinery & Computers